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The term clean vocals is used to describe melodic and clear singing styles. In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or It is most notably used to refer to heavy metal music, as an alternative to harsh, screamed or growled vocals, which are mainly displayed in extreme metal bands. Screaming is a form of vocalization, most commonly heard in sub-genres of Heavy metal and Hardcore punk, though screamed vocals also feature in music cf Death rattle, a sound sometimes made by the dying A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, gutteral vocals Extreme metal is an Umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s They can range from operatic vocals (such as Nightwish) to simple melodies to harsh yelling, which would only be considered clean vocals when compared to death growls. Nightwish is a symphonic Power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland.

Clean vocals are most often employed in NWOBHM and Power metal. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s in Britain, and achieved Power metal is a style of Heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with Thrash metal or Speed metal, often within Examples Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Rob Halford of Judas Priest (also famous for his scream), Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian, and Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray. Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British singer Airline pilot, radio show For other uses see Iron maiden. Robert John Arthur Halford (born August 25, 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Hans Jürgen Kürsch, better known as Hansi Kürsch (born August 10, 1966 in Lank-Latum Germany) is the lead vocalist of Power metal Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band which is often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in Power metal and Speed metal Kai Michael Hansen (born January 17, 1963, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a Power metal Guitarist and Vocalist

Bands can create contrast between harsh and clean vocals in two ways. One way, employed by bands such as Opeth, My Dying Bride and Fear Factory is to have one singer produce both harsh and clean vocals. Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band that formed in 1990 in Stockholm. My Dying Bride is a British Doom metal band formed in 1990 Biography My Dying Bride was formed in June 1990 after lead guitarist Andrew Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length Other bands, such as Underoath, Dimmu Borgir, Sikth, The Project Hate, As I Lay Dying, and Caliban employ two singers—one for each style. Underoath (sometimes stylized as underOATH) is a Grammy -nominated Metalcore band from Tampa Florida, formed in 1998 Dimmu Borgir (ˌdɪmuːˈbɔːrɡɪr is a Symphonic black metal band from Norway. SikTh was a Progressive metal band from Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The Project Hate MCMXCIX (often referred to as Project Hate, or simply The Hate) is a Swedish Death metal band As I Lay Dying is a Grammy -nominated Metalcore band from San Diego, California. Bands such as Vintersorg and Arcturus often shift between clean and growled vocals. Vintersorg (pronounced 'sɔrj; "Winter Sorrow" in English is a Swedish folk / viking Black metal band from Skellefteå Arcturus was an Avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem.

Many melodic death metal bands use clean vocals; well-known examples include Soilwork, In Flames, Gardenian, Scar Symmetry, and Dark Tranquillity (though most of their albums do not feature them). Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a Subgenre of Death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Soilwork is a Swedish Melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. In Flames is a Death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1990 and is considered to be a pioneer and major influence to the melodic death metal genre Gardenian was a Swedish Melodic death metal band from Gothenburg that was formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2004 Scar Symmetry is a Swedish Melodic death metal band from Avesta. Dark Tranquillity is a Melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. In the majority of songs, clean vocals are mainly used in the chorus or as back up vocals during verses, but songs like In Flames' "Only for the Weak" (Clayman) and "Ordinary Story" (Colony) are exceptions in that they use clean vocals in the verses and growled vocals in the choruses. Clayman is a Melodic death metal Album by In Flames. The album was released by Nuclear Blast in 2000 Colony is an Album by the Swedish Melodic death metal band In Flames.


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